David B. Herberg Music Director and Conductor
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Thanks for visiting!   I must have listened to my parent’s Broadway recordings too much during my formative years to escape getting hooked on musical theater, because I was hooked even before seeing my first show.  Do you feel the same way?   Even when not directing, I’m a regular member of musical theater orchestras.  Also, Gus Kambeitz gives us some tips for musicians wishing to play in pit orchestras. Here are some of the shows I’ve waved the wand at:

Production:	Role	Organization
Joseph ... Dreamcoat - Megamix	Orchestra Conductor	Menlo-Atherton High School Danette Bathauer, Director
The Pirates of Penzance	Music Director / Conductor	Lyric Theatre Barbara Tom, Director
The Sound of Music	Orchestra Conductor	Peninsula Youth Theater Meg Fischer, Director
The Pirates of Penzance	Orchestra Conductor	Peninsula Youth Theater Mark DeSaulnier, Artistic Director
Fiddler on the Roof	Orchestra Conductor	Peninsula Youth Theater Mark DeSaulnier, Artistic Director
The Pirates of Penzance	Music Director / Conductor	Stanford Savoyards  Lisa Lowe, Director
Fame	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Tim Harris, Director
Guys and Dolls	Music Director / Conductor	Cupertino High School Arcadia Conrad, Director
The Full Monty	Music Director / Conductor	Children’s Musical Theater San Jose Kevin Hauge, Director
Once On This Island	Orchestra Conductor	Theatre in the Mountains David Wellington , Producer
Man of La Mancha	Music Director / Conductor	Easy Street Theatre Becky Wilding, Director
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera Jeff Hicks, Director
Joseph ... Dreamcoat	Music Director / Conductor	Theatre in the Mountains Kara Napolitani, Director
Joseph ... Dreamcoat	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Marilyn Villaincourt, Producer
Kiss Me, Kate	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera Steve Lambert, Director
Cabaret	Music Director / Conductor	Bus Barn Stage Company Barbara Cannon, Director
The Mikado	Music Director / Conductor	Stanford Savoyards  Ken Malucelli, Director
Guys and Dolls Voted best WVLOA show of 2001	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera  Leslie Hardy Tamel, Director
The Secret Garden	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Elizabeth Neipp, Director
Man of La Mancha	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Tim Harris, Director
Meet Me in St. Louis	Music Director / Conductor	The King’s Academy  Chris Cabot, Director
Phantom Voted best WVLOA show of 2000	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera  David Hock, Director
Joseph ... Dreamcoat Voted best WVLOA show of 1999	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera  David Hock, Director
Fiddler on the Roof	Music Director / Conductor	The King’s Academy  Chris Cabot, Director
Crazy For You Voted best WVLOA show of 1998	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera  Richard Gaetano, Director
Brigadoon	Music Director / Conductor	The King’s Academy  Chris Cabot, Director
Annie	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Amy Zsadanyi, Director
South Pacific	Music Director / Conductor	West Valley Light Opera  Tino Cecilio, Director
The Music Man	Music Director / Conductor	The King’s Academy  Chris Cabot, Director
The King and I	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Amy Zsadanyi, Director
42nd Street	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Tim Harris, Director
Annie	Music Director / Conductor	The King’s Academy  Chris Cabot, Director
The Music Man	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Rick Frank, Director
Fiddler on the Roof	Music Director / Conductor	Sunnyvale Community Players  Mel Solomon, Director
The Secret Garden	Orchestra Conductor	Mountain View Playhouse  Dan Ferrari, Director
Oklahoma	Orchestra Conductor	Mountain View Playhouse  Dan Ferrari, Director
Ongoing directorial positions:
Bethel Lutheran Church	Director, Adult Choir	Since 2010
Hewlett-Packard Choir	Music Director / Conductor	2004-2008
Cupertino Messiah singalong with orchestra	Music Director / Conductor	Annual performances since 1992
Compaq Caroleers a capella choir	Conductor and Arrangements	1996-2002

Training / Education:

Stanford University, BS and MS

• Orchestral Conducting under Mark Starr,


• Orchestration under Arthur Barnes,


• Trumpet, Bass, Banjo, Guitar.

San Jose State University

• Choral Conducting under Charlene Archibeque,

• Choral Teaching Methods under Jeffrey Benson,

• Counterpoint under Pablo Furman,

• Music History under Gordon Haramaki and William Meredith,

• Physics of Music under Brian Holmes.

Goodspeed Musicals East Haddam, CT

Music Direction Intensive
January 2011

Private voice lessons

• Krassen Karagiosov, 2019
  
  
• Michael Morris, 2014 - 2018
  
  
• Joshua Elder, 2013

References: (contact info available on request)